A few quick-hitters on the Bruins' 3-2 overtime win over the Red Wings on Thursday at Joe Louis Arena in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

By Dan CagenDaily News staff

A few quick-hitters on the Bruins’ 3-2 overtime win over the Red Wings on Thursday at Joe Louis Arena in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

BRING IT HOME: Jarome Iginla scored at 13:32 of the extra session to push the Bruins to a comeback victory and a 3-1 series lead over Detroit.

With a victory Saturday, the Bruins can advance to the conference semifinals and a matchup with the Canadiens.

The Bruins went down 2-0 early in the game on goals by Niklas Kronwall (power play) in the first period and Pavel Datsyuk in the second. It could have been far worse if not for the efforts of Tuukka Rask, who made 35 saves.

Torey Krug brought the Bruins within one with a power-play goal at 10:14 of the second, Milan Lucic scored on his first shift of the third period and then Iginla tipped in a Dougie Hamilton point shot for the winner.

It was the first playoff overtime goal of Iginla’s storied career, in his 73rd career playoff game.

The Bruins will travel back to Boston after the game.

BRAD SAVED: Had the Bruins lost this one, it would have been a long flight home for Brad Marchand.

The Bruins winger missed twice on wide-open nets. When the Bruins were down 2-1 after two periods, Marchand was being fitted for goat horns. After the game, Marchand told reporters he kissed Iginla.

Marchand was set up perfectly by Kevan Miller in the first period. At the left post, all he had to do was knock the rubber into the open net. He shot through the crease. Linemate Reilly Smith also hit the post in the first period.

Then in the third period, Marchand had an even better look and again shot through the crease when a tap was all that was needed.

Marchand has yet to score a goal in the playoffs.

LATE CALL: The David Krejci line was again having a substandard showing through two periods. The unit of Milan Lucic-Krejci-Jarome Iginla had just three attempted shots through two periods.

In the third, the line came alive though, combining for nine attempts and Lucic tying the game on his first shift of the period by knocking in a Carl Soderberg pass. Lucic pounded his chest after tying the game. Then Iginla won the game as he and Lucic crashed the crease.

Overall, the unit had 12 of its 15 shot attempts after the second intermission.

The line played with more pace in the third, and was smarter with the puck. They tried to get up and down in the second, but Lucic kept fumbling away the puck. They had more presence and were smarter in the third.

Krejci was not a good player early in the game. He lost a faceoff to Pavel Datsyuk that led to Niklas Kronwall’s power-play goal, then lost Datsyuk in coverage on the Red Wing center’s goal in the second period.

RASK STEPS UP: Rask was at his best in this game, as the Red Wings pushed hard to even the series up. Like the Bruins in Games 2 and 3, the Wings could have been up by three or four goals after the first period. Instead it was just 1-0.

Rask’s best stop and certainly most important was early in the overtime. Pesty Justin Abdelkader broke loose and came in one-on-one on Rask, but couldn’t find control until late and Rask got down to cover the five-hole and knock the shot away with his right pad.

ETC.: Justin Abdelkader continues to be a thorn in the Bruins’ side. The right wing seems to be in every scrum and drew two roughing penalties, one on Dougie Hamilton and another on Kevan Miller. … Zdeno Chara played 29:18 in Game 4, one of eight players to eclipse 20 minutes of ice time. … Patrice Bergeron won 17-of-28 draws, including a big one to set up Krug’s power-play goal in the second. … Henrik Zetterberg played 29 shifts for 19:34, and seemed to run out of gas in overtime.